Improvement in drawer-pulls



W. A. WRIGHT.

DRAWER-PULL.

No. 193,587. Patented July 24,1877.

imam)? N PETERS, PHOTQ-LITHomfgPHER; WASHINGTDNJJ C WILLIAM A. WRIGHT,OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO HENRY K-. WAMPOLE, OF SAMEPLACE.

IMPROVEMENT l'N DRAWER-PULLS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 193,587, dated July-24,1877; application filed May 14, 1877 useful Improvement in Drawer-Pulls,whichimprovement is fully set forth in the following specification andaccompanying drawings, in'

Which- Figure 1 is a front view of the device embodying my invention.Fig. 2 is a rear view thereof. Fig. 3 is a vertical section in line 00av, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a vertical section in line 3 y, Fig. 2. Fig. 5 isa horizontal Section in line 2 2, Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is a face View of theholding-spring detached. Fig. 7 is a top or side view thereof.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalfigures.

My invention consists of a drawer-pull having a frame for a nameplate,against which presses a skeleton-frame spring or springs, whereby theplate will be securely held in po-' sition, and it may be readilyremoved and applied from either the front or rear of the frame.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a drawer-pull, with which isformed, or to which is secured, a frame, B, to which will be fitted a'plate, 0, on whose face will be exhibited the name of the article orcontents of the drawer or receptacle to which the {pull is secured, saidname being cast, painted, printed, or otherwise marked on the plate, soas to be viewed in front.

On the inner face of the sides and bottom.

of the frame, at the back thereof, there are inwardlyprojecting flangesor lugs a a, the side flange a extending partly upward, so as to leaveat the top of the sides channels or spaces 1).

On the upper and lower pieces of the frame, at the front thereof, thereare inwardly-projecting flanges or lugs D D, between which and theflanges or lugs a a there is the space a for the plate 0, said spacebeing greater than the thickness of the plate.

The plate may be inserted into the frame.

from the rear by directing its sides, through the channels or ways b,into the space a; or when the pull, with attached frame, is secured inposition, or not, said plate may be inserted from the front under thetop flange or lug D, and when it is pushed up to full extent it willclear the lower lug D, after which it will rest against the flanges orlugs a a.

In order to hold the plate in position, I introduce between thename-plate and front flanges or lugs D D a spring or springs, E, whosetendency is to press the plate against the rear flanges or lugs to a,whereby the plate will be prevented from accidental displacement,rattling, or shifting, and the name .will

be nicely andreliably presented.

It will be seen that, as the name-plate may be applied to the frameeither in front or rear, it may'likewise be withdrawn therefrom eitherin front or rear, it being necessary only to remove the spring E,whereby said plate is free to be'lifted from the frame, in a manner asis evident, said spring being of the form of a skeleton-frame of theshape of the frame B, the ends of the spring meeting, but disconnected,thus allowing the proper manipulation and bending of the spring in itsapplication to and removal from its holding position on the frame.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

The drawer-pull, in combination with the frame B, having inner flangesor lugs a. a, top channels I), front flanges or lugs D D, andskeleton-frame spring E, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4 WM. A. WRIGHT. Witnesses:

J NO. A. WIEDERSHEIM, H. E. HINDMARSH.

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